Eight Men in a Castle
1942, French. Directed by Richard Pottier.
The Paladines write crime novels together. In a cinema, they happen to see a report on the consequences of a shipwreck in which Lieutenant Dupuis tells about the death of an old man in the lifeboat carrying the survivors. Husband and wife agree that this could be the starting point of a new story and go and see Dupuis to get more details about the drama. When they come to his hotel Dupuis is dead with a bullet in his head. Police characterizes the death as suicide but Paladine has found a train ticket in the dead man's pocket. With his wife he takes the train to the specified destination, somewhere in the provinces...
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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Cast & crew
- Richard PottierDirector
- René DaryMr. Paladine
- Jacqueline GauthierMrs. Paladine
- Louis SalouMr. Delaunay
- Aline CarolaHélène de Chanceau
- Georges GreyAlain
- Roger ChampiFirmin
- Jean MeyerNotary's nephew
- Jean DaurandAcrobat
- Colette RégisMrs. de Chanceau
- André CarnègeInvestigating judge
- Pierre PalauNotary
- Maurice PierratMaître d'hôtel
Details
- Released
- 9 December 1942
- Original title
- Huit hommes dans un château
- Country
- France
- Written by
- Jean-Paul Le Chanois, Jean Aurenche
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Eight Men in a Castle runs 93 minutes (1h 33m).
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Eight Men in a Castle isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 9 December 1942. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed Eight Men in a Castle?
Eight Men in a Castle (1942) was directed by Richard Pottier and stars René Dary, Jacqueline Gauthier, Louis Salou.